> > That looks like a tuple which contains five strings. > The original choice looks like this when I print it: > > print(choice) > ('ksals', '', 'alsdkfj', '3', '')
Based on the print statement, choice is a tuple or a string. try doing `print(type(choice))`. On the assumption it is a tuple and not a string you can convert it by doing: choice = list(choice) If it actually is a string I would do: choice = list( ast.literal_eval( choice ) ) Ramit Ramit Prasad | JPMorgan Chase Investment Bank | Currencies Technology 712 Main Street | Houston, TX 77002 work phone: 713 - 216 - 5423 -- This email is confidential and subject to important disclaimers and conditions including on offers for the purchase or sale of securities, accuracy and completeness of information, viruses, confidentiality, legal privilege, and legal entity disclaimers, available at http://www.jpmorgan.com/pages/disclosures/email. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list